shosholala

@At175@DAgg Hello! have you guys received your physical green cards yet?

4 hours ago, KKOS said:

Hi everyone,

 

Our case will be sent to the Tirana embassy for an interview. How long did it take from NVC DQ'ing your documents to actually getting an appointment at the embassy? Just trying to get a grasp of the timeframe and how long do we have to wait. 

 

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

For me it was 9 months 

2 hours ago, At175 said:

She just said your visa is approved and it will arrive between 2 and 3 weeks! 

No they aren't rude at all. They are very professional. 

 

I honestly don't know. I've heard they already have an idea if you are going to be approved or not before the interview, but that's what I've read on the internet. I have no idea otherwise. Also even if you don't mail the documents, they already have them anyways, because you have to upload them on CEAC. Have you received that email yet telling you that you need to do that? 

wow 2 to 3 weeks ... I thought you typically received the visa a few day after! Can you keep us posted when you do receive it?

where do we find the ds 260 number for registration? i just have my case number -- solved!!

we don't have to do anything to confirm our appointment do we? @At175@DAgg

20 hours ago, DAgg said:

Now it’s showing ‘In Transit’. It’s not at the embassy yet. 

Mine says "Ready" -- i think mine might have been expedited bc i am DQ in december

6 hours ago, At175 said:

Hey quick question regarding the medical exam. If I understand this correctly, we have to apply exactly 3 weeks before the appointment right? And then the medical center tells us when to come in for the appointment.

yes that is my understanding! 

@porsche993 @DAgg @At175  I got my interview for end of August through an expedite request as well, so they are open in December! I am not aware of any supporting documents apart from the docs I submitted for my I-130 and, in my case, because I am in the US, documents to show that I've always been legal here.

nothing new - I think 0 visa issuances this month is deeply problematic and a human rights issue. I understand waiting for extended families, but making married people waiting for over two years is insane. What if I was an older woman that needed to have a children right away before it was riskier? What if my husband was sick and we only had so little time together? It is insane. 

I have written to the embassy but they are hopeless. I do not understand what they are doing. 

I don't understand how they went from 100 IR1/CR1 visas in March to just 4 in May ... are you all in Albania? Does anyone have any information about is going on at the embassy? I am awaiting my interview in the US .... 

@DAgg @at175 do you guys see the may stats? They issued 4 IR/CR visas ..literally what!

@DAgg @At175  no word from you guys? i literally don't understand what the embassy is doing -- you're both September and October.

Thank you for the update @at175

Yea that timeline doesn't surprise. It seems like they stuffed a lot of people in March; I doubt May is better because they haven't reached out to any of us. 

I am already in the United States, just have to go back for my visa but would like my greencard as soon as possible!

@DAgg  where do you see people with a May 2020 DQ date that hasn't been interviewed? Or that was interviewed before June / July DQ?

I don't understand how they went from processing 100 CR1 / IR1 visas in March to processing 19 in April? I wonder if I should reach out to them. It's a some form human rights abuse to not efficiently provide spousal visas to American citizens! 

On 4/23/2021 at 11:33 AM, shosholala said:

Oh interesting! @DAgg where do you see the number of CRQ/IR1 visas issued on a monthly basis?

 

I think that March may have been their last month prioritizing CR1/IR1 because in February 24, 2021 Biden resumed visas in all categories. The backlog is much greater in other visa categories I'm sure.

I did this analysis. In 2019, they processed 237 CR1/IR1 visas. In 2020, they processed 148, so if we assume they have the same visas each year roughly, then the backlog was about 90 visas -- which they cleared by March 2021, so it makes no sense to me that they haven't scheduled us, unless they processed very little CR1 / IR1s visas in April. 

@DAgg i'm getting impatient too with a December 2020 DQ date.. it doesn't make sense given they were processing them quickly earlier in the year. Albania hasn't published statistics on the month of April yet so maybe they are processing fewer CR1/IR1s in favor of other visas?

so bad!! they should clearly prioritize the spouse visas -- insane to wait 2 years 

Oh interesting! @DAgg I see now where they post the monthly visas!

They appear to be running slower than they were earlier @DAgg I am getting restless and eager to get my interview over with 

thank you! @DAgg

Any update on this thread? I am DQ'ed for early December 4th in Albania for IR/CR and haven't heard word yet.